COMMON conservatory Summer Intensive

Event Type
Workshop
Event Description

Create with the best.

 

Program 1: June 21 - July 2, 2021, Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm

Join us for two weeks of creation and movement with Kia Smith, Artistic Director of South Chicago Dance Theater and Craig Black of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.
 This intensive will also include a video project directed by Andy Lawson, a contemporary workshop with Hanna Brictson, and regular somatic and technique classes. Admission by audition only

  • Age 17 and over
  • Only In-person instruction
  • 15 dancers maximum per intensive
  • Tuition: $900 plus $50 registration fee
  • $300 (non refundable) due at time of registration. The balance is due one week prior to the start of the intensive.

Staff


  • Terence Marling - Artistic Director of COMMON
  • Kia Smith - Artistic Director of South Chicago Dance Theater - NEW WORK
  • Craig Black of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago - NEW WORK
  • Meredith Dincolo - International guest teacher and former dancer with Hubbard Street - Ballet
  • Hanna Brictson - Contemporary
  • Michel Rodriguez-Cintra - of Lucky Plush,  Low Fly Technique
  • Imani English - Horton technique
  • Andy Lawson - Choreographer and Videographer
  • Tori Rumzis - Yoga
  • Nicole Betts - Pilates

Program 2: July 12 - 23, 2021, Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm

Join us for two weeks of creation and movement with Alysia Johnson of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Katlin Bourgeois Artistic Director of Ensemble 180. This intensive will also include a video project directed by Andy Lawson, and regular somatic and technique classes. Admission by audition only

  • Age 17 and over
  • Only In-person instruction
  • 15 dancers maximum per intensive
  • Tuition: $900 plus $50 registration fee
  • $300 (non refundable) due at time of registration. The balance is due one week prior to the start of the intensive.

Staff

  • Terence Marling - Artistic Director of COMMON
  • Alysia Johnson - Hubbard Street Dance Chicago - NEW WORK
  • Katlin Bourgeois - Artistic Director of Ensemble 180 - NEW WORK
  • Meredith Dincolo - International guest teacher and former dancer with Hubbard Street - Ballet
  • Michel Rodriguez-Cintra - of Lucky Plush,  Low Fly Technique
  • Imani English - Horton technique
  • Andy Lawson - Choreographer and Videographer
  • Tori Rumzis - Yoga
  • Nicole Betts - Pilates

 

Audition Instructions

You do not need to leave your home to audition.  There is no audition fee. The intensives are first come, first registered. Once the program is full, accepted dancers can wait list in the case that a dancer drops out of the program. Please send any video that is under 3 minutes in length where you feel good about your dancing. In addition to that video please also include a video of a demi-plié in fifth position followed by a tendu a la seconde and then close back to fifth. Please send videos to info@commondance.com with “audition” in the subject line.  Please be sure to indicate which program you are auditioning for.

Running Time
Varied
Dance Styles
Ballet
Modern / Contemporary

Location

COMMON conservatory

1535 N Dayton St
Chicago, IL 60642